F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [W]

Vocabulary

experimental (adj): 1-relating to tests, especially scientific ones:
E.g.: The drug is still at the experimental stage (= is still being tested).
E.g.: The changes to the distribution system are purely experimental at the moment.
E.g.: experimental psychology

previously (adv): 1- before the present time or the time referred to:
E.g.: She was previously employed as a tour guide.
E.g.: I had posted the card two months previously.

pleonasm (n): 1-the use of more words than are needed to express a meaning, or an example of this:
E.g.: Properly speaking, “in his own thinking” is pleonasm because every man must think for himself and no one can think for another.

chaotic (adj): 1- in a state of chaos:
E.g.: The house is a bit chaotic at the moment – we’ve got all these extra people staying and we’re still decorating.
E.g.: He’s a chaotic sort of a person – always trying to do twenty things at once.

plural-复数的-a word or form that expresses more than one:
E.g.: “Geese” is the plural of “goose”.
E.g.: “Woman” in the plural is “women”.
singular-单数的of or relating to the form of a word used when talking or writing about one thing:
E.g.: a singular ending/form/noun/verb
E.g.: The word “woman” is singular.

Writing exercise

Traffic problems in Shanghai
The huge surge of online shopping makes delivery business skyrocketing. More and more trucks drove on road to deliveries our parcels, and they made our traffic congested and chaos. Not only goods delivery, but also foods delivery made traffic problems. With the development of our APPs, we ordered foods from APPs instead of going to stores. So more and more motorbikes you can see on streets, and a lot of them drove illegal on streets. Sometimes due to their illegal behaviors, traffic congested. Policemen has to stand in crossroads to barred their illegal actions and people should be careful when they across streets. That is the problems of Shanghai’s traffic.

Traffic problems in Shanghai
The surge of/in online shopping makes delivery business skyrocketing. More and more trucks drive on our roads to deliver  parcels, and they make our streets congested and chaotic. Not only goods delivery but also food delivery makes traffic problems. With the development of our APPs, we started ordering food using APPs instead of going to stores/restaurants. So, more and more motorbikes you can see on the streets, and a lot of them drive illegally. Sometimes due to their illegal behavior, roads get congested. Policemen have to stand at the crossroads in order to prevent their illegal actions, also people should be careful when they are crossing streets. This is one of the problems of Shanghai’s traffic.